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Spaces of Economy & Society research cluster

Research projects

Read about our many Research projects.

Aims and objectives

Members of the Spaces of Economy and Society Research Cluster are concerned with uneven geographies of economic and social development, inequality and well-being at various spatial scales. All share a strong commitment to theoretically-informed, empirically rigorous, policy relevant research, and to influencing the public policy agenda. Research is undertaken in both the Global North and Global South, and is structured around four main strands:

	Geographical Foundations of Economic Performance		Landscapes of Work and Labour
	Geographies of Social Welfare		Geographies of Gender

Research by members of the group is currently supported by grants from the British Academy, Economic and Social Research Council, Leverhulme Trust, European Union, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (now Department of Communities and Local Government), Department for Education and Skills, European Science Foundation, Cambridge-MIT Institute, NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts), and Anglo-German Foundation. The research cluster also maintains close links with the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI), the Centre for Business Research (CBR) in the Judge Business School, and the Faculty of Education.

Members of the group are involved in the editing of leading international journals, including the Journal of Economic Geography (Martin), Cambridge Journal of Economics (Martin), Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy & Society (Mia Gray and Ron Martin, co-editors), Environment and Planning C (Bennett), Gender and Education (Warrington), Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (Martin - former editor), Regional Studies (Martin and Gray - former editors).

Recent events

Networks in Society and the Economy, 30th April 2008

Cluster seminar - Wednesday 13th May 2009

Cluster members

Cluster convenor: Professor Ron Martin.

Students

The cluster also includes an active group of PhD students.